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'''''Sarn''''' is a [[Sindarin]] noun and means "(small) stone".<ref name="silmap">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry ''sarn''</ref>
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'''''sarn''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).<ref name="silmap">{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''sarn''</ref><ref name=RC163>{{HM|RC}}, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature]]'')</ref> It is also glossed as "small stone, pebble".<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref>


Examples:
As an adjective, ''sarn'' means "stony".<ref name=RC163/><ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775</ref>
*[[Sarn Athrad]], "Ford of Stones";<ref name="silmindex">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', "Index"</ref> a ford in [[Beleriand]]
 
*[[Sarn Ford]], the same as Sarn Athrad (a half translation);<ref name="silmap"/> a ford to the south of [[The Shire]]
==Etymology==
*[[Sarn Gebir]], "stone spikes"<ref name="silmap"/>
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''sarn'' ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from [[root]] [[SAR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385, entry "SAR"</ref>
*[[Serni]], derived from ''sarn''; a river in [[Gondor]]
 
==See Also==
''Sarn'' is a [[Welsh]] word that means a causeway, a pavement or stepping-stone.<ref>[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[Tolkien and Welsh]]'', p. 213</ref>
 
==Examples==
*''[[Edhelharn|Edhel'''harn''']]'' = "Elfstone"
* ''[[Sarnas Fingolfin|'''Sarn'''as Fingolfin]]'' = "Fingolfin's Chairn"
*''[[Sarn Athrad|'''Sarn''' Athrad]]''/''[[Sarn Ford|'''Sarn''' Ford]]''' = "Ford of Stones"
*''[[Sarn Gebir|'''Sarn''' Gebir]]'' = "Stone-spikes"
*''[[Serni|'''Sern'''i]]'' = "Pebble Bank"
 
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[sar]]'', "(small) stone"
 
==See also==
*''[[gond]]'', "stone"
*''[[gond]]'', "stone"
*''[[ondo]]'', "stone" ([[Quenya]] equivalent of ''gond'')
 
*''[[sar]]'', "(small) stone" (Quenya equivalent of ''sarn'')
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Revision as of 11:22, 20 January 2021

sarn is a Sindarin word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).[1][2] It is also glossed as "small stone, pebble".[3]

As an adjective, sarn means "stony".[2][4]

Etymology

In The Etymologies, Noldorin sarn ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from root SAR.[5]

Sarn is a Welsh word that means a causeway, a pavement or stepping-stone.[6]

Examples

Cognates

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry sarn
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the Nomenclature)
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 11
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 775
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 385, entry "SAR"
  6. ↑ Mark T. Hooker, Tolkien and Welsh, p. 213
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